On July 12, 2010 the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars hosted a day long symposium on “China and the Persian Gulf” in an event co-sponsored by the Asia Program and the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. This video is part one of two recordings made of the event. Part one provides the Political Perspectives panel which was introduced by Michael Van Dusen, Executive VP of the Wilson Center and it included remarks by:
- Wu Bingbing, The Sultan Qaboos Professor in Arabic Studies, Department of Arabic Language and Culture, Peking University, China
- Emile Hokayem, political editor, The National (UAE) and senior fellow for regional security, International Institute for Strategic Studies-Middle East, Bahrain
- Jon B. Alterman, director and senior fellow, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Chair: J. Stapleton Roy, director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson Center
The video is available through the Wilson Center web site by CLICKING ON THIS LINK TO THE VIDEO.
Part two, Economic Perspectives, is available on SUSRIStube.com at this LINK.






